The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-11-30
The Long Fight Over tia Liquor Question
Ended BY Saturdays Election.
Anti Prohibitionists Jubiant Over Their
Victory at the Polls.
The Negroes, Though Much Divided, GsDsr-
ally Vote the Wet Ticket.
Ten Thousand Votes Cast-Ladies Work
Hard For the Prohibition Ticket
The warm Campaign-MinOr
Notes.

ATLANTA, Ga, November 26.-After the
most heated contest on record in the State
Of Georgia, Atlanta to-day voted against
prohibition. The fight has been a pecu-
liarly bitter one. For over a month the
citizens have been engaged in the contest.
Meetings have been held almost every
night and local speakers and foreign states
men have stumped over the county from
almost every curbstone in the city and
every cross-road in the county. Early in
the campaign the Pr0hibiti0nists leased
city s and 6tte aFen0f Il up IN w the
seating capacity for 5000 people. Almost
nightly that building has been filled and
such scenes of wild enthusiasm are rarely
witnessed. Almost every minister in the
city preached prohibition from his pulpit
Sunday after Sunday. Both sides had full
campaign funds and managed their respec-
tive causes for all they were worth. The Ne
gro vote was the bone OF contention and
was the balance of power. Each side
made the most strenuous endeavors to Sc
cure 1t in every way possible.
The negroes were considerably divided
on the subject, though the majority of
them voted with the anti.Prohibitionists
One of the features of the contest has been
the active part taken by many women of
the city. Several of the churches organ
members, who took an active part in the
campaign. They organized the women of
the colored churches into societies
and met with them and prayed
with them day after day. The result
Of their work was shown to-day by the
appearance of large numbers of women at
the polls with blue badges They served
hot coffee and sandwiches at every poll
ing place, and conducted prayer meetings
and singing crusades in the open air.
Fulton County, in which Atlanta is To-
Gated, voted two years ago on the same
question, and went for prohibition by
majority of 22S. out of about 5000 votes
The registration this time exceeded that of
last year by 1000 votes. The principal
fight made on prohibition during
the campaign was that it did
not prohibit, and that intoxicating
drinks couldi be openly purchased
in a number of places throughout the city
which paid taxes to the United States goY-
eminent for the sale of whisky. Thou
sands of gallons have been sent in each
month from the cities around Atlanta,
from which it was almost as easy 20 get a
jug as it was at bars in the city. Ants
claim that prohibition injured the city,
which was receiving 0000 a year In
whisky licenses, without decreasing in the
slightest the amount of whisky sold in the
city. The Prohlbltl0nlsts, on the other
hand, claim that Atlanta has never had
prohibition; that while it was so voted
years ago, the licenses then existing did
not expire, some of them, until almost a
year ago, and that since that time the do
nestle wine clause in the local option bill
allowed many places in the city by which
the law could be evaded. This was, how
ever, remedied by the last Legislature,
which put license of SIC, 900 on all wine
rooms, which license will go into effect
after January 1.
The city has gone wet" by probably
1000 majority. Great enthusiasm prevails
on the streets.
The official vote of the county puts the
anti-Prohibition majority at ZOO, out of
q total OF $500. There are sixteen pre-.
cincts in the county, of which six are in
this city. The antis to-day carried every
city precinct, and all but one
of those in the county. In
the last election, two years ago, the
Prohibiticnists carried the county by 500
and the ants the city by 800, leaving 200
ma jority for the Prohibition. 1nis was
reversed to-day by the antis carrying the
county by 800 and the city by 500 The
most intense excitement prevails in the
city tonight, and the antis are jubilant.
The Prohibitionists concede the victory
and accept the result in good humor.